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The Endangered Species Act
Environment Op-Ed
By: Michael De Alessi
12.26.2003
On Dec. 28, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) turns 30. But before celebrating the grand anniversary of this landmark federal legislation, we should ask ourselves a sobering question. What has the ESA really accomplished in the past three decades? The answer gives little cause for celebration.
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The Great GOP Divide: Schwarzenegger Says Spending Must Come Down, But Not Profligate Bush
Business and Economics Op-Ed
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
12.26.2003
A battle for the soul of the Republican Party is brewing over the issue of government spending. At the national level, Republicans have just pushed through the biggest government entitlement program in 40 years. In California, however, Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vowed to take the offensive against government spending. Sometime soon, Republicans need to choose between these two conflicting visions and define their beliefs about the size of government.
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Internet Grinches: Online sales taxes are back in play.
Technology Op-Ed
12.22.2003
Many Americans shopped online this holiday season, but consumer cheer may soon be dampened. The reason is Internet taxes. After a five-year moratorium, Congress is now debating whether to ban these taxes permanently or open the door to tax increases. Democrats, of course, are leading the charge for the latter.
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CA Think Tank Releases White Paper Criticizing Lockyer for Suing the EPA
Press Release
12.7.2003
SACRAMENTO, CA – The Pacific Research Institute (PRI) released a white paper today, by Sally C. Pipes and Benjamin Zycher, questioning the motives and validity of a lawsuit by several state Attorneys General against the Environmental Protection Agency. The Attorneys General (including California’s Bill Lockyer) and other groups are attempting to force the EPA to impose regulatory controls on vehicle emissions of carbon dioxide.
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Lay Kyoto Protocol to rest, finally, in Milan
Environment Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
12.5.2003
Exactly six years ago, delegates from more than 150 nations converged on Kyoto, Japan, to subject the world to a draconian and now-discredited program to control global warming, the Kyoto Protocol. This week, the same fear-mongering cast is back, this time in Milan, Italy. And the goal is to resurrect the worst enviro-treaty ever conceived.
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Suit Cites Global Warming to Mask a Grab for Power
Environment Op-Ed
By: Benjamin Zycher
12.5.2003
Some lawsuits are filed in pursuit of just compensation. Some are undertaken in the hope for a windfall. Still others are filed in the quest for political power. And so 11 attorneys general, three large cities and a number of large environmental lobbies have joined in legal actions arguing that the Environmental Protection Agency be forced under federal law to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from motor vehicles.
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Five-Step Blueprint to Fix Workers' Comp in California
PRI Study
By: Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D, Andrew M. Gloger
12.1.2003
Despite the recent passage of legislation to reform California.s workers. compensation system, skyrocketing system costs remain a major obstacle to job creation and economic growth in the state. California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi, a Democrat, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican, have each released reform plans. The governor convened a special session of the state Legislature on November 18 to address the workers. comp crisis, and legislation has been introduced modeled after the governor.s plan.
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